2025 Compare Cities Education:
Long Beach, CA vs San Francisco, CA

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Highlights
- San Francisco spends 20.6% more per student than Long Beach.
- The Student Teacher Ratio is 6.7% lower in San Francisco than in Long Beach. (lower means fewer students in each classroom).
- San Francisco had 10.1% more residents who had graduated High School compared to Long Beach
 Long Beach, CASan Francisco, CAUnited States
 Expend. per Student  Unlock$21,016$15,905
 Educ. Expend. per Student$14,374  Unlock$13,142
 Instr. Expend. per Student  Unlock$9,028$7,999
 Pupil/Teacher Ratio21.86  Unlock16.23
 Students per Librarian  Unlock12964573
 Students per Counselor380  Unlock530
 Grade School Educ.  Unlock6.8%4.8%
 Some High School Educ.7.6%  Unlock6.3%
 High School Educ.  Unlock88.8%88.9%
 Some College Educ.22.8%  Unlock20.0%
 2 yr College Grad.  Unlock5.2%8.7%
 4 yr College Grad.32.8%  Unlock33.7%
 Masters Grad.  Unlock16.0%9.3%
 Professional Degree2.0%  Unlock2.2%
 Doctorate Degree  Unlock3.0%1.5%
Reviews for Long Beach    45 Reviews

Local born and bred. This place is going down the drain. Crime is up, housing is up, yuppies finding nothing wrong with it since they want to validate spending 3k on a 2  More

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Angelique · 
Over 5 years ago

I love Long Beach. I especially shoreline village and the aquarium of the pacific. The only big problem here (for me) is crime. Otherwise, nice  More

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Over 7 years ago

The cost of living is extremely high and there are way too many apartments or multi unit homes which have no parking. But with everyone living on top of each other it  More

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Reviews for San Francisco    149 Reviews

from a single guy's perspective. let's start this review from 2017. I moved here to be near to my sister who also relocated, and also to attend Cal State East Bay in  More

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I've lived in San Francisco for ten years. I thought I would write a balanced review for people looking to move here. My family is from places like Boise, Atlanta,  More

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I've lived in San Francisco for ten years. I thought I would write a balanced review for people looking to move here. My family is from places like Boise, Atlanta,  More

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